The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-17
BRIEF JorTwcs.

The Ciroassian is expeced. -
There were % arres< list week. OF
ten were Tor drunk AnoS'
znere IS coal e,ougn IN the city to s.
all customerSfof three weeks.
Ivy Lodke d. of r. will visit Naomi
of Sacefappa, Wednesday evening.
A,ew letter box has been placed il
Itron Mutual building.
The Portland Company will repai,
\ engines and Quinn & Co. will fix the
of the Iris.
Longfellow Chautauqua Circle will.
this evening with Mrs. f. B. CLARK
Grant street.
Tho post,aa p de-
clared dividend of four per CEN aD'o
The reo,,iar r,oo.,. Nat
ural History will be held this eve AZ 10y
O'clock.
sFssrn5gbt Mr. n y George
Thomas and others will appear uoiuen
Cross concert at Cnpe Elizabet .r
DR.. Wilson's lecture this O.. "n nv
doubt attract many lovers Of "'ion anu
culture. He is well known.
Sir Knights from Provide. l.: were
present at the installation : oroiA anu
Thebau Senate in Boston. evening.
Mr.. A. B. Merrill jamme oi ms nands
badly and broke finger Aaine oeeam-
ship Company's wharf uay morning
while handling heavy sooas'
The Portland Lad, lcneslra' mrs.
Gardiner, Mrs. Pratt, al iiii morgan give
the entertainment ~ ng in the Village
Improvement course Il
The new hotel, to BIZ Nh 10 tiie "opurn
House at Woburn Nrwill be opened in
about ten days, and 70 unuer Tue charge
of Mr.. Jones, forme bangor.
The Young Peopr league OF clark Me-
.ial Chprcb yvjrds give an oyster
supp and entarto mt at the supper room
nme tonigh,
CHARLES A. Sa~3.s old Reform School
boy, on Saturdash N a change of larce-
ny preferred byston pasies.
The trains Stay were delayed about
an hour by the storm. 1t resuihd three
engines to takhe Grand Trunk Nrieght
bound west IS the city.
1t is said THE charge Of forger, on
which Blaolne was arrested was foum n
the New Y CHECK book. The stub shoy-
ed 1914 anie check was raised to 1881.
TheIann meeting Of US viii be held at
w. C. 4. fooms, 57a Exchange street to-
day at 2.s. m. A full attendance is very
much desd as the election OF officers and
other bless will be brought up.
Hon. j. Rollins Saturday was appoint-
ID a ccnittee by the Portland BOARD Of
Jndetiters to petition the Legislature to
Illow fire marshal to be appointed for
'ortd.
TlDallas, Captain Barr, has examined
nc asst from Mt. Desert to Portland since
letorm on Friday, and reports no wrecks
lght, and Fox and Deer Island thorough
IS. free from ice.
asst weeks exports were valued at SAL
They included 47S,46 feet of lumber.
$500 bushels of apples. Among the
orts were 10000 frozen herring, 2,142
es of tin plate.
here is report that a sash and blind fac
is to be established in Portland by a
Der firm of this city and manufacturer
of the State, which will employ 200 men.
million feet of lumber annually, with a
luction valued at S25O,O0O.
prize fight between Jack Casey of Bos-
and John Hickey of Lynn, was arranged
)me off on Commercial street Saturday
It. The parties and crowd were present
n Deputy Black with police force inter-
d.
NO new organizing deputies have been
by the supreme director ROYAL
Or Of Good Fellows, to work in the State
fame in instituting councils, and there
great awakening and interest throughout
he old councils in the State.
the monthly supper of the Paint and |
'ub at the Preble House, Saturday
Aessrs. J. b. Coyle, Jr., F. ]. Roll
o. Il. Written, w. w. Latham, E.
oman, DR.. W. Woodman. B. r. Jordan
and Mr.. Toward of Skowhe-al
we're guests. a''t..
n. j. 9. Duaine's report says two
zines in the north battery and two In
edoubts have received interior finish at
Preble, and eight magazines completed
. south battery. When funds are avail
batteries of heavy guns will be erected
Island.
Commissioner of fisheries and game.
EFT Smith, suggests that Maine sports
have field trial, this spring, when the
are liberated, using blank cartridges SO I
It to kill any Of the birds. II retriev-
7as insisted upon,a few dead birds could
occurred to answer the purpose. There
-aod many fine dogs owned In the
and possible additional fupds to invest
all might be raised through the sugges-
"A silver cup and the lonor of owning
&c winner would s.tlsfy most sports